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Is that because of prosecutions? yes, there s no question prosecution has had a major, major effect on that. but these are street crimes. look at these. what are some of the indictments? extortion, gambling. a lot of it is gambling that they have there. let me make a little prediction, if i can. sure. i m on the panel that appoints lawyers to represent indigent people, cga panel, criminal justice act. you watch, when these cases come to trial, how many of these individuals are represented by cja lawyers. not like the lawyers i had in my day, jimmy sharp, jay goldberg, people that we know. we re not doing that anymore. right. so to a large extent, in my opinion, organized crime is completely different. these cases kind of a throwback to 25, 30 years ago then? 40, 50 years ago. in terms of what you re seeing charged. they involve a lot of narcotics cases. the major organized crime figures in the 80s and 90s were not engaged in narcotics ....